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Chronicle of a Death Foretold

Gabriel García Márquez

Study Guide

Summary
- Plot Overview
Characters
Main Ideas
- Themes
- Motifs
- Symbols
- Key Facts
Quotes
- Important Quotations Explained
- Quotes By Theme
- Honor
- Deceit
- Guilt
- Gender
- Community
Further Study
- Context
- Full Book Quiz
- Study Questions
- Suggestions for Further Reading
Writing Help

Further Study

Full Book Quiz

Further Study Full Book Quiz

1. What language do Santiago and his father speak when the two are alone?

Spanish
Patois
Arabic
Urdu

2. Which girl is Santiago bethrothed to?

Angela Vicario
Flora Miguel
Divina Flor
Clothilde Armenta

3. At what time of day was Santiago Nasar killed?

Dawn
Midday
Evening
Around six A.M.

4. Who performed the autopsy on Santiago Nasar?

Father Carmen Amador
Dr. Dionisio Iguaran
Colonel Aponte
Cristo Bedoya

5. How does Bayardo San Roman react after he discovers that Angela Vicario, his new bride, is not a virgin?

He shoots himself
He sends for his family
He tries to drink himself to death
He gives the house back to the widower Xius

6. True or False: The narrative clearly indicates that Santiago Nasar was undoubtedly the person who took Angela Vicario's vriginity.

True
False

7. What social construct most clearly influenced Vicario brothers' motive to murder Santiago Nasar?

Love
Honor
Valor
Prudence

8. True or False: Bayardo San Roman eventually returns to Angela Vicario.

True
False

9. Who yelled to Santiago Nasar to run to his house?

Yamil Shaium
Clothilde Armenta
Father Carmen Amador
Faustino Santos

10. Why does Angela Vicario wear red the day her family leaves town?

To show Bayardo that she has changed her mind, and that she loves him
To show the lover who took her virginity that she still loves him
It is a symbol of her burning shame
To show that she is not in mourning for her secret lover

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